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When the developers behind Far Cry 3 said they would have downloadable content, I expected the normal map packs or gun add-ons. So seeing something as pitch perfectly retro as Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon melted my mind. It’s beyond left field and more toward the parking attendant outside the $20 lot at the crowded stadium. No one could have seen this coming.

Ubisoft classifies it as a cyber shooter available on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. It doesn’t require the original Far Cry 3 to play, a great game in its own right. It’s a standalone title, and I seriously doubt there’s a connection to the original tropical island adventure other than the core mechanics. Players will still deal with vicious animals and an army.

It’s been a while since a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game has come out. The last good turtles game I played was the beat-’em up for the Super Nintendo. After that, there was a long line of mediocre games and movies. (I did like TMNT: Tournament Fighters though.)

Now with the heroes in a half shell celebrating their their 25th anniversary this year, Ubisoft is marking the occasion with a new game. Called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Video Game (as of this moment), the game looks decent and is described as a four-player action fighting title.

That sounds fine and good right? But the reason that this game may not suck is that Game Arts is developing it. It’s a development team that had a hand in creatingSuper Smash Bros. Brawl. Could that team bring that same formula to turtles crew? Hey, it could happen. From this screens hot it definitely looks that way.